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Sarah Painter

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Fife
Languages: English
Author type: Writer
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I am a full-time novelist and run a podcast and website called The Worried Writer, which aims to help other writers to overcome fear, self-doubt and procrastination. I can deliver workshops and talks on writing process and productivity, independent and traditional publishing (I have experience of both and run a hybrid career), and my own novels.

My books include dual narrative historical fiction, contemporary fiction with a touch of magic, and urban fantasy. I have also produced a non-fiction book based on my own experience and the author interviews in my podcast Stop Worrying; Start Writing: How To Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt and Procrastination. I have led events for Advanced Higher English students, undergraduates, and adult groups, and hold a degree in English Literature and the MLitt in Creative Writing from St Andrews University. I am also available to chair events, drawing on my experience as an interviewer for both The Worried Writer podcast and in my past life as a magazine journalist. (Photo credit: Suzanne Black)

Websites featuring the author

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Mentoring; Panel event; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop; Chairing events

Topics of work

Contemporary fiction; Crime fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Fantasy; Historical fiction; Mystery & thriller; Publishing & getting published; Self-publishing & independent publishing

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups will work with

15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+